Diagnosing otitis externa

Your physician will ask about your symptoms and use an otoscope, a lighted device for viewing the inside of the ears, to determine if there is an infection. If pus is draining from your ear, a sample will be taken for study under a microscope to determine which microbe is causing the infection.

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